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Lenovo’s new MacBook Neo competitor comes in two sizes and seven colors
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The IdeaPad Vibe starts at $700, like the Neo, with either Qualcomm or AMD chips.
The IdeaPad Vibe starts at $700, like the Neo, with either Qualcomm or AMD chips.
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Lenovo is announcing the IdeaPad Vibe, a productivity laptop aimed at taking on the MacBook Neo with a similar starting price and a wider range of colors. The Vibe comes in 14- and 15-inch sizes, with AMD and Qualcomm chip options due out in October and November, respectively. Intel versions (likely Wildcat Lake) are set to be “available at a later date.”
While the MacBook Neo comes in four different colors, the IdeaPad Vibe ups the hue selection to seven. Lenovo gave them all over-the-top names: dreamy violet, spicy gold, zen green, chill blue, radiant coral, moody blue, and lowkey gray. You’ll even be able to custom order one from Lenovo with keycaps in any of the seven colors, as well as buy separate keycap sets to mix-and-match your own unique look. And unlike the Neo, the keyboard is backlit.
The IdeaPad Vibe is an evolution of the IdeaPad Slim, and some of its upgrades include an all-metal chassis (though some colors will be part plastic) and a switch from a barrel plug charger to USB-C. The Vibe has many more ports than the MacBook Neo, but none of them particularly fast. There’s two USB-C and two USB-A (all 5Gbps), HDMI 1.4, 3.5mm audio jack, and a microSD card reader. IPS LCD panels will come standard on both the 14- and 15-inch Vibes, but some colors (sadly, only the boring gray and blue) can be upgraded to a touchscreen OLED